Democratising Development : : The Politics of Socio-Economic Rights in South Africa / / edited by Peris Jones, Kristian Stokke.

• Superior document: Nijhoff Law Specials ; 64
• TeilnehmendeR: Jones, Peris,; Stokke, Kristian,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden; , Boston : : Brill | Nijhoff,, 2005.
• Year of Publication: 2005
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Nijhoff Law Specials ; 64.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.

What are the prospects and means of achieving development through a democratic politics of socio-economic rights? Starting from the position that socio-economic rights are as legally and normatively valid as civil and political rights, this anthology explores the politics of acquiring and transformi...

Table of Contents

• Preface,
• 1. Introduction, Democratising Development: The Politics of Socio-Economic Rights, Peris Jones and Kristian Stokke ,
• 2. The Politics of Economic Policy-Making: Substantive Uncertainty, Political Leverage, and Human Development, Adam Habib ,
• 3. Labour and Politics in South Africa, Liv Tørres ,
• 4. Social Movements in Post-Apartheid South Africa: An Introduction, Richard Ballard ,
• 5. Poverty, Inequality and the Social Wage: Balancing the Books in Post-Apartheid South Africa?, Julian May and Nina Hunter ,
• 6. The Judicial Enforcement of Socio-Economic Rights: The Grootboom Case, Albie Sachs ,
• 7. Social Rights Litigation as Transformation: South African Perspectives, Siri Gloppen ,
• 8. Shaping, Making and Breaking the Law in the Campaign for a National HIV/AIDS Treatment Plan, Mark Heywood ,
• 9. The Treatment Action Campaign and the History of Rights-Based, Patient-Driven HIV/AIDS Activism in South Africa, Mandisa Mbali ,
• 10. Communal Land Rights and Democracy in Post-Apartheid South Africa, Ben Cousins and Aninka Claassens ,
• 11. Socio-Economic Rights: Cornerstone or Capstone of Democracy?, Paul M. Graham , References,
• About the Contributors.